Sátántangó (1994)'s comments - page 2

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nimimerkillinen

"George Bailey said:

Is 7.5 hours really worth it?? "

Yes, yes it is but dont watch it from small monitor imo :)

13 years 1 month ago

Building up to Satantango I watched two other works from Bela Tarr, Werckmeister Harmonies (2000) and The Turin Horse (2011). I am surprised that Satantango is by far the worst. Not to say this is a bad film, but everything Satantango accomplishes, Tarr's other films achieve better and in shorter time. I was expecting to be blown away by the cinematography, but this doesn't have the beautiful contrast grading of The Turin Horse or the interesting environments of Werckmeister Harmonies. The Bergman-esque magic present in all these movies is one of my favorite aspects, but Satantango includes this in so few of its scenes. Especially disappointing when you look at the overblown runtime. This film's structure is quite interesting, reflecting the forward/backward steps of a tango. The payoff, the closing of the circle did not seem worth the meandering though.

11 months 1 week ago

boulderman

I finished this 18 months and a week after starting it. ... It's very good. Had a French auteur feel. The first hour is the best, if you like that, continue!

1 year 11 months ago

SpacePauls

50 percent of the movie is people walking.

2 years 4 months ago

Biki

It's a holiday in Hungary
Where people dress in black
A holiday in Hungary
Where the slums got so much soul

5 years 6 months ago

andype

Hard to believe, but I am really through... This pain I will never forget.

6 years 5 months ago

Mr Hulot

Amazing film. I'm surprised it isn't on more lists.

12 years 7 months ago

Imps

its fantastic. if you give it an open chance, preferably with a good picture and sound.. it's one of the most rewarding experiences existing on cinema.

13 years ago

MASD

Drat, this took forever.

13 years 7 months ago

dAJaro

yes, i had to laugh a bit when i clicked on the "mark movie as favorite" button. :)

13 years 8 months ago

Rohit

Gloomy mood? Rainy day? Nothing to do?
This might be the movie to watch

12 years 9 months ago

haipayazoo

I truly believe it is only hipsters that like Satantango. I believe 7.5 hours is rather excessive for a film such as this. I'll never understand why people enjoy this film or say that they are "never bored." It certainly seemed interesting with it's multiple POV style of narration, but the substance, or rather lack of, left a lot to be desired. The film has some interesting cinematography, but nothing that I would consider fantastic or noteworthy. The biggest problem I have are some of the long shots. Don't get me wrong, I do enjoy long shots and slow-paced films, but most of the scenes I enjoy from these long shots show certain signs of progression. One particular scene that bugged me the hell out of me was when spoiler

. The camera was shooting directly in front of her as she was walking down the road, so we hardly say any progression, making it seemingly look like an endless loop for almost 5 minutes or even more. It might be fascinating for 2 minutes as it depicts that she is walking a rather long distance, but setting up a scene like that for almost more than 5 minutes long is way too taxing.

There is not a lot of depth in this film, only the depth that its followers make it out to be. Some like it more on a technical level. Some just like it because it is partly depressing. There are a lot of depressing films out their that equally, if not better, illustrate a village or city in the slums and are in need of a hope. Stalker did it just as good, maybe not better though. Although it was slow-paced, it never felt boring or had a lack of substance. Satantango does not fit that bill for me, and if I had to give it a rating it would be a five out of ten.

9 years 5 months ago

Agrimorfee

Intriguing, if nothing else. I could not spare 7 hours consecutively with this, a sitting through the 3-sectioned DVDs in between my real life events over a weekend worked well. Werckmiester Harmonies was the first Tarr I encountered and I could not finish it before I had to take it back to the library, but I do plan on coming back to it--it is a very good warmup for Satantango. I believe Tarr purposely uses the first 10 minutes to clear the theater of people who won't be able to handle the meandering, lingering, staticness of most of this flick. I don't know about you, but Ireminas (sp?) looks just like Eddie Vedder, I kept expecting him to warble "Better Man" at many given points. I think the most interesting character spoiler

too soon. I think the movie laughs at itself in the one scene where spoiler

. Crap ending.

10 years 2 months ago

TheMajor

The seemingly endless animal abuse scene really put me off, but other than that, a very good atmospheric film.

13 years 3 months ago

St. Gloede

Unfocused and shallow. It does have moments of brilliance. I particulary liked the doctors walk and when we see events from a different perspective. If Bela Tarr had more cinematic quality it could have been better but a lot seemed badly planned and half arsed. His love for shots where people walks till they are just a tiny black spot is just plain weak. The technique can work for endings or if they have some sort of importance but here it was just a nuicance. We saw next to nothing of the characters and I suppose they didn't matter too much. Most of the dialog was just really uninteresting and a lot was just plain dumb. This is the second Tarr film I have seen. Liked Werckmeister Harmonies despite it's shortcomings, this was just decent, close to being really poor at times. I give it 5/10. Not sure why this gets respect.

13 years 5 months ago